(A) Each user, at the time his or her property is connected with the waterworks system, shall pay a charge to cover the costs of excavating and tapping the main; furnishing and installing service pipe from the main to the lot line; furnishing and installing corporation and stop cocks; and furnishing and installing meter crock (if outside) yoke and meter.
(B) The charge for a five-eight-inch meter tap shall be $160 unless the tap is made to the 24-inch water line between the Old Indiana Water Plant and the intersection of Roads 250 North and 100 West, in which case the five-eight-inch meter tap shall be $225. The charge for a one-inch tap shall be $275 unless the tap is made to the 24-inch water line between the Old Indiana Water Plant and the intersection of Roads 250 North and 100 West, in which case the one-inch meter tap shall be $300. The charge for a tap larger than the one-inch meter tap shall be the cost of labor, materials, power machinery, transportation and overhead incurred for installing the tap, but not less than the charge for a one-inch meter tap.
(C) Waiver of tapping fees.
(1) Definitions. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this division shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Title V (Public Works) or Title XV (Unified Development Ordinance) of the City's Code of Ordinances.
MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. A development including building(s) designed to accommodate three or more dwelling units or part of a mixed-use building with each dwelling unit living independently of another. Multi-family developments include but are not limited to apartments, condominiums, and townhouses.
SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. A development including detached, single-family dwellings designed for and occupied by one family or other single unit of housekeeping.
TAPPING FEE. An availability fee and/or connection fee to the city's water works system and/or sewage works system.
(2) General regulations. The general regulations of this division shall be as set forth below.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other ordinance, the Common Council may wholly or partially abate or waive the assessment and collection of the following fees, applicable to new multi-family developments with a minimum estimated construction value of $3,000,000 and/or new single-family housing developments with a minimum of 50 single-family dwellings and a minimum estimated value of $200,000 per single-family dwelling:
1. Tapping fees to the city's sewage works system; and
2. Tapping fees to the city's water works system.
(b) Prior to the Common Council's consideration of tapping fee waiver, the following must occur:
1. A nonrefundable, nontransferable filing fee of $500 shall be remitted to the city and placed in the General Fund and any applicable applications shall be completed; and
2. A utility impact study shall be required unless waived by the Common Council of the city. The study shall evaluate the present and future fiscal impact, capacity impact, and infrastructure impact as a result of a tapping fee waiver. The cost of the utility impact study shall be paid by the developer in advance of any consideration for waiver.
(c) Approval of any waiver of tapping fees shall be presented to the Common Council in the form of a waiver agreement and adopted by resolution.
(d) Following approval of a waiver agreement of tapping fees, if a development under the provisions of this division fails to comply with the agreed upon terms, the developer shall be subject to any reimbursement requirements (the "reimbursement requirements") set forth in such waiver agreement. Reimbursement requirements may include, but not be limited to, the city's ability to recover all or a portion of the total abated or waived tapping fees. Any reimbursement requirements will be identified and agreed upon by all applicable parties under a waiver agreement, as stated in division (C)(2)(c).
(Prior Code, § 25-68) (Ord. 78-24, passed 11-27-1978; Ord. 79-1, passed 1-3-1979; Ord. 79-18, passed 6-25-1979; Ord. 80-12, passed 5-12-1980; Ord. 2017-03, passed 3-27-2017)